BB: LEC: Little East Conference

[ECSUalum]

Jcon,
Well I guess you're right 40 years does make a difference. 40 years 1200 plus wins.. not a bad program and how many titles? Suffolk will be there in the future and I guess it will be easier for  Eastern. So I guess they shouldn't worry. Of course they it will appear easier. But it will come down to pitching again at this level. And I guess 40 years of experience helps Eastern find enough pitching to get this far.

Hey JCON,

When UMASS Boston puts the above stats up over 40. 50, or maybe 60 years, then they will be given the benefit of the doubt.  Keene, USM are lucky they did not have to face a healthy Shawn Gilblair, because if they had, the NE Region would look a lot different.  Just wait until next spring when Shawn is healthy and a rested arm, Lights out for most of the big east teams.  HE WILL BE NASTY

Just be glad UMASS Boston is part of a Conference that has 3 teams in the regionals, makes your team look better then it really is.

Stop whining and try to enjor having three LEC teams in the NCAA Regionals!!! Man  do I have sour grapes 

[ecfaninri]

Time to turn the page, move on, tomorrow is a new day. JCon, I wish UMB and Nick well. But it is time to move on and EConn is in and the only thing you do about it is root against them. But remember 3 teams in the final 54  is not bad for the LEC. How many other conferences can say that. Good luck KSC and USM !

[KSCfan]

ECSUalum- i love Jcon bashing as much as the next guy trust me, he told the world that UMB was going to sweep Keene and i watched Conway get outpitched by Morin and Keene shred UMB bullpen.  Then he told me that that Adriano was going to shut Keene down and he gave up like 7 runs.  Just ignore Jcon he cant look past his homer status.  However, i dont think that you can call KSC and USM lucky this year at all.  Keene was clearly a superior team than Eastern this year, and even with Gilblair i think that Keene would of still won the tournament, cause Jags got ripped by Southern and Keene beat Espo, not to mention they beat Gilblair in Eastern.  I know he wasnt 100 percent but seriously Keenes offense was filth this year.


Day 1 of the regionals i think that all LEC teams should win thier games today ( I hope).  Eastern and Southern have real tough games, as well as Keene.  No easy games in a regioinal, except if you have Castleton State and you are Trinity

[soxfan42585]

I see that many have selected St Joe's and KS to be the best game out of the first round.  (Closest at least)  Dispite WNEC and USM going into xrtras.  No one seems to be taking ST Joes.  Are they going to m ake a run through the loser's bracket if they do lose to Keene?  One must be impressed by the three straight vistories against Keene by SJC?


I like them in an upset bid here.

[soxfan42585]

It looks like Eastern lost their lead. 


Anyone know if the All Conference teams have been sent out for the LEC?  Where did D'Alphonso end up?

[santeezy06]

Looks like Econn lost their game 8-7 to Montclair.

Also USM goes down in the 12th 8-6 Western NE.

[hockeyfan77]

USM dops a tough one 8-6 to WNEC and falls to 32-13...Next Game Tomorrow vs Trinity/Castlston State

[Jcon8958]

I am not sour at all and I dont recall ever saying that gilbliar was the most overrated pitcher but maybe i did but facts are he is a great pitcher and thats all there is to that. And you are all right i really do not like ECONN.

The littleeast awards came out today.


2008 Little East All-Conference Teams First Team           

Name  Class  Position  Institution 

Shawn Gilblair  Junior  Designated Hitter  Eastern Connecticut 

Jordan Berthiaume  Freshman  Catcher  University of Southern Maine 

Beau Darak  Sophomore  First Base  Keene State College 

Jamie Chevalier  Junior  Second Base  Keene State College 

Joe Rosseau  Senior  Third Base  Keene State College 

Chris Burleson  Junior  Shortstop  University of Southern Maine 

Anthony D'Alfonso  Junior  Outfield  University of Southern Maine 

Bobby Doyon  Freshman  Outfield  Keene State College 

Greg Ford  Senior  Outfield  Keene State College 

Chris O'Connors  Junior  Outfield  Rhode Island College 

Nick Conway  Senior  Pitcher  UMass Boston 

Joe Esposito  Senior  Pitcher  Eastern Connecticut 

Eric Fama  Junior  Relief Pitcher  Rhode Island College 
           
Second Team           

Andrew Stacy  Junior  Designated Hitter  University of Southern Maine 

Matt Gardiner  Senior  Catcher  Western Connecticut 

Andrew Dewing  Freshman  First Base  Eastern Connecticut 

Peter Olson  Senior  Second Base  Rhode Island College 

Ryan Gaffney  Junior  Third Base  University of Southern Maine 

Melvin Castillo  Sophomore  Shortstop  Eastern Connecticut 

John Parke  Sophomore  Outfield  Eastern Connecticut 

Jeff Perkins  Junior  Outfield  Keene State College 

Nick Ross  Junior  Outfield  Western Connecticut 

Jimmy Jagodzinski  Senior  Pitcher  Eastern Connecticut 

Jamie Morin  Senior  Pitcher  Keene State College 

Eric Thibault  Senior  Pitcher  Rhode Island College 

Chris Wojick  Sophomore  Relief Pitcher  Eastern Connecticut 


Player of the year
Chris Burleson  Junior  Shortstop  University of Southern Maine 

Pitcher of the year
Nick Conway  Senior  Pitcher  UMass Boston 

Rookie of the year
Jordan Berthiaume  Freshman  Catcher  University of Southern Maine 
Bobby Doyon  Freshman  Outfield  Keene State College 

Coach of the year
Ken Howe Keene State

[LEC Fan]

Nick Conway is pitcher of the year? wait wait...the pitcher of the year? Are you kidding me??? All due respect to the kid but seriously...

INDIVIDUAL PITCHING
Min 1.0 IP/Team game       App   ERA  W-L  Sv    IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO
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Joe Esposito ECSU.........  12  2.10  5-2   0  51.1  34  21  12  26  46
Jamie Morin KSC...........  10  2.67  5-0   0  57.1  42  20  17  17  58
Bill Armstrong WCSU.......  10  2.93  4-3   0  58.1  49  26  19  32  49
Nick Conway UMB...........   8  3.05  3-4   0  56.0  48  26  19  22  65
Tom Michael UMB...........  14  3.66  3-3   2  46.2  38  30  19  28  46
Jimmy Jagodzinski ECSU....  12  3.71  8-3   0  70.1  76  38  29  12  64
Eric Thibault RIC.........  11  3.78  7-2   0  66.2  61  33  28  15  46
Matt Fontaine ECSU........  12  4.12  5-1   0  67.2  63  36  31   9  78

2-3 kids that deserved that honor over him. Bamboozled!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[KSCfan]

morin is just straight nasty again in the regional.  He has put down 16 straight ST Joes hitters.  At one point Morin struck out five looking, the announcers said over his last 27 innings 0 earned runs and 25 struck outs.  Those aren't Conway numbers, THEY ARE BETTER !!!!!

[kscer]

morin is just straight nasty again in the regional.  He has put down 16 straight ST Joes hitters.  At one point Morin struck out five looking, the announcers said over his last 27 innings 0 earned runs and 25 struck outs.  Those aren't Conway numbers, THEY ARE BETTER !!!!!

With all due respect to Conway, choosing him pitcher of the year over Morin and Espo is a feel good Award. And for Morin to not even make first team all lec is a joke, a real live joke.

[wordsmith]

LEC did a good job on the selections; I do think they missed the boat with the Pitcher of the Year selection though.

But hey the coaches do the voting right? So I gotta believe this was a bit of a 'Lifetime Achievement Award' type of deal.

For what its worth, despite his record, if I had a team I'd want Nick Conway right at the top of my rotation. I coached against Conway and he is a bulldog.

Word

[Jcon8958]

Put Conway on any team in the little east that hits he wouldnt have lost a baseball game all year. I can promise you that if you ask any coach in the league one pitcher they dont want to see is Nick Conway. I mean he had one bad outing all year and it happened in the tourney. Like you all say give credit were credit is due. The league has alot of good pitchers does he deserve it thats not for anyone here to vote on the coachs voted it so they must think he has somthing.

[ecfaninri]

You're right KSCer... LEC Pitcher of the Year to Nick Conway was a feel good award. I guess they had to give someone from Boston an award. Come on... 8 appearances with a 3-4 record? 3-4? Pitcher of the year? There were at least 5 pitchers with overall statistics better than his. But just look at what Morin did this year. He was denied this award. He and Fontaine were both named pitcher of the week twice. Jags had the most wins (8),Esposito and Morin led the conference in ERA under 3 and batting average against.
3-4 W/L ? Oh well it's water under the bridge. The matchup of Esposito and Morin in the LEC tourney with Morin striking out 15 Eastern hitters should have been taken into consideration. That should trump 15 Plymouth batters Conway K'd. Hey Fontaine had 17 vs WConn. I'm sorry Morin 2nd team - that's just wrong.

[Pat Coleman]

In pitching, isn't the win-loss record a lot more to do with your own team rather than the pitcher himself?

If you want to do the John Kruk analysis, just look at the win total. If you want to know how good the pitcher really is, look at ERA, H/9 IP, K/BB, etc. Those are things unaffected by how good your offense is -- something a pitcher cannot in any way control.